Sustainability Portal

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Sustainability is about whether or not WASH services and good hygiene practices continue to work over time. No time limit is set on those continued services and accompanying behaviour changes. In other words, sustainability is about permanent beneficial change in WASH services and hygiene practices. 1

Sustainability approaches for the WASH sector began in response to recurring project problems over time, which wasted billions of US dollars invested and resulted in failures such as pump breakdowns or sanitation systems overflowing as toxic pollution into the surrounding environment. With projects abandoned, communities were left, lacking proper fresh water access or hygienic sanitation solutions. This led to the realisation that sustainable service delivery required a sector-wide process of change. 2

Several sustainability frameworks show how to move from failing systems to reliable and lasting water and sanitation services. This portal uses the basic structure of the five sustainability elements of FIETS, as developed by the Dutch WASH Alliance, to categorise many different frameworks, approaches and tools of sustainable WASH methods:

  • Financial: continuity of WASH products and services through local financing (free from foreign funds)
  • Institutional: sustained and functional local WASH systems with capable institutions, policies and procedures
  • Environmental: sustainable management of water and waste flows that is considerate of the natural environment
  • Technical: operation & maintenance of hardware, by local people, preserves not depletes (natural) resources
  • Social sustainability: demand-driven, inclusive (equity), gender equal, culturally sensitive and needs-based approach to WASH


Financial
Sustainability
Institutional
Sustainability
Environmental
Sustainability
Technological
Sustainability
Social
Sustainability
FS - Introduction
FS - Introduction
Life-cycle costing
Life-cycle costing
Financial planning
Financial planning
Community Based Savings
Community Based Savings
Revolving Fund
Revolving Fund


IS - Introduction
IS - Introduction
Capacity Building - Threshold Concept
Capacity Building -Threshold Concept
Transparency & Accountability
Transparency & Accountability
CLUES Approach
CLUES Approach
Advocacy - Influencing Leaders
Advocacy - Influencing Leaders
Decentralisation
Decentralisation
Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
Self Supply
Self Supply
ES - Introduction
ES - Introduction
Water security
Water security
3R (water) – Recharge, Retention and Reuse
3R (water) – Recharge, Retention and Reuse
3R (sanitation) – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle of waste
3R (sanitation) – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle of waste
Sludge management
Sludge management
Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem Services
Geospatial Planning
Geospatial Planning
Ecological Sanitation (EcoSan)
Ecological Sanitation (EcoSan)


TS - Introduction
TS - Introduction
Technology Assessment (TAF)
Technology Assessment (TAF)
Technology Introduction (TIP)
Technology Introduction (TIP)
O&M water supply
O&M water supply
O&M sanitation
O&M sanitation
Supply Chain
Supply Chain
Technology Checklist
Technology Checklist
Technology Demonstration Centers
Technology Demonstration Centers


SS - Introduction
SS - Introduction
Participatory methods
Participatory methods
Rights-based Approaches
Rights-based Approaches
Gender Mainstreaming
Gender Mainstreaming
Social Marketing
Social Marketing
Child-friendly schools
Child-friendly schools
Hygiene and Health focused promotion
Hygiene and Health
focused promotion
akvopedia:Lifeskills: Football for Water
Lifeskills: Football for Water
akvopedia:Community-Led Total Sanitation
Community-Led Total Sanitation
akvopedia:Faith groups as agents of social change
Faith groups as agents of social change
Focus Groups
Focus Groups



Sustainability resources

Dutch WASH Alliance FIETS
Sustainability approach - movie
Back to the River
By IRC and Aguaconsult

Links

References

  1. Richard C Carter, Erik Harvey, Vincent Casey (WaterAid, UK), User financing of rural handpump water services. IRC Symposium 2010. Pumps, Pipes and Promises. IRC.
  2. Schouten, T and Moriarty, P. , 2013. The Triple-S theory of change. (Triple-S working paper ; 3). The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre.

Acknowledgements


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